Gigapocalypse Review (PlayStation 4)

This Gigapocalypse review lets us live out our ultimate dream of being a giant monster with manifold skills in Gigapocalypse, inspired by classical Kaijū movies such as “Godzilla” and “King Kong” and the game classic “Rampage”.

Gigapocalypse Preview Pros:

• Decent graphics.
• 219.3MB Download size.
• Platinum trophy.
• Works on Playstation 5.
• Can rebind controls.
• Nine Gigas – Ro’Gath, Azurath, Doomterra, Nebular, Nullisar, Veteris, Khong Gho, Annonam and Ezer.
• Click on each monster’s lore for a backstory.
• The difficulty rating for each monster is easy, medium and hard.
• Customize certain Gigas (more coming soon).
• Opening tutorial.
• Bestiary fills in as you play.
• Pop-ups are done in a newspaper report kinda way that looks really cool.
• Gigas has five unique skills that can be unlocked and upgraded with level-ups and skill points.
• Can skip cutscenes.
• Tamagotchi style Gimmick, in between battles you can nurture your Giga pet by feeding them, doing in-game achievements and objectives. You earn mutation points to use on customizing and growing your Giga.
• Controller shortcuts for selecting and using abilities.
• City select screen.
• Unlock endless mode for the city locations.
• Endless runner-style gameplay.
• Rage is earned from causing destruction or damage and rage is Needed in Order to do your attacks.
• Generally, you have one melee and one ranged weapon.
• Excellent animations.
• You can cause environmental harm to civilians.
• When caring for your pet you can buy decor to improve your stats.
• Endless list of quests and achievements to work through.
• A lot of replayability.
• Plays like a cross between a clicker and an endless runner.
• Every run feels like progress.
• Checkpoints can be hit so you can restart from there.
• Pets – you can collect and equip a handful of these guys to add further buffs or passives.
• Can get addictive.
• A lot of carnage.
• Big boss battles.

Gigapocalypse Preview Cons:

• Menus are a nightmare as they use a cursor system and it’s slow and tedious.
• Cannot change settings when in game.
• Slow burner.
• Boss battles will throw new mechanics in with no warning on how to do them.
• A lot to take in.
• Progress is a very stop-start.
• When you change Giga you have to do a whole intro section.
• A lot of grinding just to get semi-competent.
• Can be hard to manage your health early on.

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Gigapocalypse:

Official website.

Developer: Goody gameworks

Publisher: Headup Games

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